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US headline PCE inflation reached 3.65% annually in September, while core inflation rose to 3.12%. Income and nominal spending growth slowed, and BEA reported that real spending increased less than 0.1%.
U.S. initial jobless claims fell by 1,000 to 198,000 in the week ended October 3, 2026. The four-week average also eased, reinforcing a pattern of lower applications than in late August and early September.
U.S. Treasury yields moved unevenly on October 27, with the 2-year rising to 4.70% and the 10-year easing to 4.99%. Longer-term yields remained below late-September levels, while the curve retained a positive slope.
M4Markets Seychelles said certain financial instruments will have adjusted trading hours from 1 November 2026 because of US daylight saving time, with times stated in system time GMT+2. The notice covers symbols including UKOIL, BVSPX, CHINA50, ES35, DE30, HK50, AUS200, UK100, EU Shares, USDCLP, USDCOP and USDKRW, and says the schedule is a guide subject to change.
Traders Holdings reported 695,642 accounts and client assets of 139,343 million JPY at September-end 2026. Accounts increased from August, while assets declined across the combined Minna no FX and LIGHT FX reporting scope.
Gaitame.com reported September 2026 FX trading quantity of 595,063 million currency units, up sharply from August. Month-end account numbers and client deposits increased much more modestly, pointing to stronger activity alongside limited expansion in those balances.
BIS reporting dealers recorded retail-driven FX turnover of $241.99 billion a day in April 2025, compared with $192.41 billion in April 2022. Options showed the most pronounced expansion among the reported instruments.
Global OTC foreign exchange turnover averaged USD 9,510.24 billion a day in April 2025, up from USD 7,467.54 billion in April 2022, according to the BIS. FX swaps remained the largest instrument component.
AMarkets says its proprietary trading platform is now built directly into its mobile app, so users no longer need third-party software or separate terminal passwords. The broker states that MetaTrader trading remains fully available and that access to the new platform requires the latest app version.
Daily FX settlement obligations reached $14,371.59 billion in the GFXC’s April 2026 survey, up from October 2025. Gross bilateral settlement also increased, while payment-versus-payment accounted for 33.13% of obligations.
U.S. participating dealers reported $51,363.405 billion in OTC FX turnover for April 2025, above April 2022. Retail-driven turnover also rose but remained a small subset, accounting for 0.49% of the total.
South Korean foreign-exchange banks reported daily-average turnover of 1,214.4 in USD 100 million units in Q2 2026. Activity exceeded every quarter in the Bank of Korea history from Q1 2022.
RBI provisional data show merchant spot purchases rose to USD 32,337 million in September 21–25, 2026. All four reported spot measures increased from the previous week, though the latest period had five trading days rather than four.
AMarkets says it has added five CFDs on stocks of major US companies—Arm Holdings, Super Micro Computer, NuScale Power, Robinhood Markets and Take-Two Interactive Software—available on MetaTrader 5 with leverage up to 1:10. The broker describes the instruments as spanning technology, artificial intelligence, energy, fintech and gaming.
AMarkets announced adjusted trading hours for listed index, commodity, metal and US equity CFD instruments around Europe’s switch to winter time on October 24–25, 2026, with the schedule stated in EET. Forex hours remain unchanged, and cryptocurrency pairs will be suspended from 03:00 to 04:00 on October 25, 2026.
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